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What are electrolyte imbalances?
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Sodium, potassium: These are the most common to have imbalance but also magnesium, calcium, chloride and phosphorus are all electrolytes since by definition they all have electrical charge in the ionic (reactive) state.
Answered 7/30/2012
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